Statistics: The Conceptual Approach (Springer Undergraduate Textbooks in Statistics) - Hardcover

Iversen, Gudmund R.; Gergen, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387946101 ISBN 13: 9780387946108

Publisher: Springer, 1997

Synopsis

An imaginative introduction to statistics, reorienting the course towards an understanding of statistical thinking and its meaning and use in daily life and work. Gudmund Iversen and Mary Gergen bring their years of experience and insight into teaching the subject, incorporating such innovations and insights as a sustained emphasis on the process of statistical analysis and what statistics can and cannot do as well as careful exposition of the ideas of developing statistical and graphical literacy. In the spirit of contemporary pedagogy and by using technology, the authors break down the traditional barriers of statistical formulas and lengthy computations encountered by students without strong quantitative skills. Further, formulas are grouped at the end of each chapter along with related problems, and, with only algebra as a prerequisite, the book is ideal for students in the liberal arts and the behavioural and social sciences.

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Review:

A fantastic, welcome addition to the "Introductory Statistics" literature. Well-written, topical, humorous, and sound...Excellent exercises are divided into Review, Interpretation, and Analysis questions. This text deserves a careful look from anyone teaching an introductory statistics course. -- The American Mathematical Monthly, April, 1998

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0387946101
• ISBN 13: 9780387946108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 753